BCALA Chicago-ALA Annual

June 22-27, 2017

Palmer House Hotel

Thursday, June 22, 2017

BCALA Executive Board Officers      –    HILTON –  Conference Room 4d

6/22/2017           3:00PM  –  4:00PM

BCALA Executive Board Retreat        –    HILTON –  Conference Room 4d

6/22/2017            4:30PM  –  6:30PM

Friday, June 23, 2017

BCALA Executive Board Meeting     –    PALMER – Burnham1

6/23/2017            8:30AM  – 1:00PM

BCALA Joint Committee Meeting   –    PALMER – Burnham 1 (Membership, Professional Development & Affiliates Committees)

6/23/2017             1:00PM   – 2:30PM

BCALA Dr. E. J. Josey Scholarship       –    PALMER  – Clark 01

6/23/2017           2:00PM   –  3:00PM

BCALA Internatonal Relations            –     PALMER  – Clark 02

6/23/2017            7:00PM   –  9:00PM

BCALA Literacy Awards Committee  –    PALMER  – Clark 01

6/23/2017            8:00PM   – 10:00PM

Saturday, June 24, 2017

BCALA Recruitment & Professional Development Committee Meeting  –    PALMER  – Indiana

6/24/2017            9:30AM   – 10:30AM

BCALA Fundraising Committee           –     PALMER  – Buckingham

6/24/2017         10:00AM   – 12:00PM

BCALA Marketing & Public Relations –    PALMER  – Cresthill

6/24/2017         10:30AM  – 11:30AM

NCAAL X Conference Planning               –   PALMER   –   LaSalle 1

6/24/2017              1:00PM   –   2:30PM

BCALA Literary Awards Committee      –   PALMER   –  Dearborn 3

6/24/2017              2:00PM   –   5:00PM

Inaugural Walter Dean Myers Memorial Lecture (BCALA) – PALMER – Monroe Ballroom Co-sponsors: AASL, ALSC, CSK Book Award Committee, EMIERT, PLA and YALSA 6/24/2017   3:00PM  –   5:00PM

2017 Diversity and Outreach Fair   – Convention Center – Exhibits Hall

6/24/2017              3:00PM   –    5:00 PM

JCLC Reception  – HYATT Regency Chicago – Monarch Suite #3474

6/24/2017              7:00PM   –   8:30PM

BCALA Social- Chicago Dine-Around – $30 per person

6/24/2017              8:00PM   – 11:00PM      (Bus will pick up/return to the Palmer House Hotel)

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast   –  HILTON  –   Grand Ball Room

6/25/2017              7:00AM   –   9:30AM

BCALA Interest Circles          – PALMER   –  Burnham 4

6/25/2017              3:45PM   –   5:00PM

BCALA New Members Meet & Greet   –   PALMER  –  Clark 05

6/25/2017               6:30PM   –   7:00PM

BCALA Membership Meeting    –   PALMER  –  Empire Room

6/25/2017               7:00PM   – 10:00PM      –   Speaker:  Dr. Duchess Harris, author of Human Computers

Sponsor:  ABDO Publishing

*The Hospitality Suite  – Palmer House Suite

Hours: Thursday – Friday, 9:30PM – midnight, Saturday – 11:30PM – 12:30AM Sunday – 10:30PM – midnight

Available for small group meetings upon request. Schedule subject to change, please check in with BCALA leadership for updates.